Jurang integrasi kemahiran employabiliti di Malaysia: satu kajian empirikal graduan kejuruteraan Kolej Komuniti

Keperluan adanya kemahiran employability yang mantap dalam kalangan graduan merupakan satu kriteria yang penting untuk membolehkan mereka mendapat tempat di pasaran pekerjaan. Justeru itu, kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk melihat samaada terdapat jurang atau tidak di antara elemen kemahiran employabiliti yang telah diintergrasikan semasa proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran (pdp) dengan kemahiran employabiliti yang penting dan perlu dikuasai oleh graduan bidang elektrik berdasarkan perspektif graduan Kolej Komuniti dengan majikan di industri. Kajian tinjauan ini melibatkan seramai 103 majikan di industri dan 162 graduan bidang elektrik di Kolej Komuniti. Melalui analisis Ujian-T yang dijalankan, hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkanterdapat jurang yang signifikan di antara elemen kemahiran employabiliti iaitu kemahiran komunikasi, kemahiran pengurusan maklumat, kemahiran pengurusan diri, kemahiran etika dan moral profesional, kemahiran kepimpinan dan kemahiran berpasukan yang telah diintergrasikan semasa proses pdp dengan kemahiran tersebut yang penting dan perlu dikuasai oleh graduan bidang elektrik berdasarkan perspektif graduan Kolej Komuniti dengan majikan di industri. Oleh yang demikian, pensyarah-pensyarah di Kolej Komuniti haruslah bertindak dengan memainkan peranan penting serta bertanggungjawab di dalam memberi tumpuan serta mengintergrasikan ke semua kemahiran employabiliti yang dikenalpasti penting dan perlu dikuasai oleh graduan semasa sesi pdp dijalankan. Selain itu, penambahbaikan kurikulum yang melibatkan pihak industri serta komitmen pdp yang efektif dari pensyarah amat penting dalam mengatasi masalah jurang kemahiran yang merangkumi penguasaan kemahiran employabiliti dalam kalangan graduan Kolej Komuniti

Selamatkan Planet Kita: Mereka Bentuk Semula Pakaian Terpakai Untuk Pelbagai Kegunaan

Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk memberikan maklumat serta kesedaran kepada masyarakat umum berkenaan isu-isu berkenaan kepentingan kitar semula produk tekstil dan pakaian. Ini adalah kerana industri fesyen antara yang paling banyak menghasilkan lebihan bahan buangan yang menyebabkan pencemaran alam sekitar. Sisa buangan hasil bahan-bahan tekstil kini semakin menjadi perkara biasa dalam industri fesyen. Perkara ini berlaku apabila perubahan fesyen berlaku dengan begitu cepat dan pantas. Ini disebabkan industri fesyen kini mengeluarkan banyak pilihan rekaan pakaian dengan menawarkan harga yang rendah. Oleh itu, pengguna mempunyai banyak pilihan stail pakaian untuk dilupuskan dan dikitar semula

Soft skills among hearing impaired graduates for sustainability and well-being in workplace

Technical skill is not the only skill needed to secure an employment in the 21st century. Soft skills have become one of the basic needs nowadays and the most essential skill in industry for both common worker and hearing impaired worker. Graduates’ unemployment issue showed a gap exists between academic excellent and equipped soft skills. Therefore, this article was written to determine the elements needed to sustain soft skills among hearing impaired graduates in order to ensure sustainability and well-being in workplace. The research uses meta-analysis, interview and fuzzy Delphi method to get consensus from 11 experts consisting of four specialist educators, four employers and three graduates in relation to hearing impaired community. The findings show that, the expert consensus agreement exceeds 75% with threshold (d) value 0.2 and α-cut 0.5. The elements of the soft skills for hearing impaired graduates were sorted and ranked as personal qualities, basic skills, resource and information skills, interpersonal skills, thinking skills, entrepreneurship skills and system and technology skills. For future studies, it is recommended to develop an instrument based on the elements of this study to measure soft skills of hearing impaired graduates. Meanwhile, educational institutions must work hand in hand with industry to strengthen the soft skills among future hearing impaired worker through industry training programme to produce more competitive workforce, sustainability and well-being in the workplace

The Use of Modified Delphi Technique to Develop the Instrument for Factors of Career Satisfaction among Female Engineers

Women, especially married women are often associated with the dilemma of juggling the balance between career and family and there are statistics showing a declining number of female engineers. This study aims to obtain experts’ conformity on the instrument of Career Satisfaction among female engineers with families. The purpose of such instrument is to determine the factors that influence the level of career satisfaction among female engineers with families using the Modified Delphi technique. The technique is used to gather mutual agreement among experts in developing the items pertaining to Career Satisfaction. The development of instrument involved seven experts with relevant expertise, experience, and knowledge in the field of career and engineering. Findings from the first round (interviewing the experts) report for four main factors in achieving career satisfaction namely mentor, relationship with colleagues, gender equality, and salary. The study also suggests a method to determine the interquartile range via the Modified Delphi technique, which was conducted on the second round until a mutual agreement was achieved. Interquartile range refers to the value obtained from the questionnaire which was answered by the experts in order to determine the mutual values of the construct items and were analysed using the Microsoft Excel. The side factors have the potential to motivate and prompt individuals in achieving high satisfaction and inspiration in their career are Mentor, relationship with colleagues, gender equality, and salary

Fashion and clothing instrument for Malaysian fashion lecturers: an analysis of the instructors’ competency scale

A latest fashion and clothing instrument that has high validity and reliability can serve as a predictor in measuring the competency of lecturers in the field of fashion. Indirectly, with this instrument, it is expected to improve the competency content that still needs to be explored and refined. Apart from that, this kind of exploration opens up new opportunities to enrich theories and models in the fashion and clothing field. This study aims to validate the knowledge competency scale of fashion and clothing among lecturers. The questionnaires consisted of 45 items, ranging from multiple choice questions to matching questions, right and wrong questions, and fill-in-blank questions. The validation of the constructs was carried out in two phases, firstly, using the Rasch Measurement Model (RMM), and secondly using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results from the RMM analysis showed that there were 18 misfit items that needed to be removed. Additionally, through the CFA (convergent and discriminant validity), the instrument recorded a consistent internal validity scales of good, acceptable, and fit to the model. All four sub-constructs were also recorded as having high validity, since the overall model showed a good and acceptable fit. In the regard, the scale was deemed successful in fulfilling the psychometric standard and the instrument was adequately stable and could be used at any given time for samples that possessed the same or almost the same criteria

Exploring Predictors of Development and Career Planning Among TVET Educators

Career planning and development a key factor that provides added value to career sustainability. Career development approaches have recently changed due to the fast-paced global change, competitive industry needs, demands, and global education trends. Traditionally, it was the responsibility of an institution to guarantee that its educators possessed the skills necessary to achieve its long-term objectives. Currently, however, educators should be accountable for their career growth. Therefore, a survey was conducted to discover predictors of development and career paling for TVET educators (n = 141). A multiple regression analysis was conducted for all sets of career planning variables such as career aspirations (88.48%), personal aspirations and drive (85.93%), current competency (86.00%), current learning and development opportunities (82.05%), and company support 87.45%) is measured. This study found changes in the predictor, personal aspirations and drive, current competency, current learning and development opportunities, and organization support are significantly associated with changes in career aspiration. The majority of TVET educators are aware and willing to improve their knowledge and skills to meet the standard of current changes in TVET education needs and demands. The finding indicated that a proven technique for meeting organizational and personnel demands includes creating career routes that allow TVET educators to comprehend their options for advancement within the institution and collecting information to assess their abilities for career relevancy and sustainability

Coupling ultrasound with enzyme-assisted extraction of essential oil from algerian artemisia herba-alba asso

The composition of the essential oil (EO) of Artemisia herba-alba Asso, extracted by Hydro-Distillation (HD) and by coupling Ultrasound with Enzyme-Assisted Extraction (UE-AE) prior to HD from the plant's aerial parts were analyzed by GC-MS. Antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activities of the obtained EOs were evaluated. The yield of EO extraction after pretreatment of the desert wormwood leaves by coupling ultrasound with enzymes was in the range of 1.56%±0.07 compared to 1.01% ±0.08 in HD process; also, the total time necessary to complete EO extraction is 180min for HD and 120min for UE-AE. GC-MS profiling of the EOs showed changes in chemo type obtained by HD from camphor/1,8-cineole/α-mujone/chrysanmenone to a new chemo type in the case of UE-AE: camphor/α-thujone/1,8-cineole/filifolone; Then, an increasing of filifolone, α-thujone, 3-octyne and cis-limonene oxide characterize the UE-EO. The antifungal activity of the EO has slightly increased when extracted by UE-AE, however, both antibacterial and antioxidant activities were interestingly increased

Amalan gaya pembelajaran pelajar cemerlang di Politeknik Seberang Perai: kajian pelajar Malaysia berdasarkan model Felder Silvermen

Tujuan kajian ini untuk mengenal pasti dan meneliti amalan gaya pembelajaran pelajar-pelajar dengan pencapaian tinggi di Politeknik Seberang Perai. Gaya pembelajaran pelajar ditentukan dengan merujuk kepada Model Gaya Pembelajaran Felder-Silverman (1988) yang mengkategorikan gaya pembelajaran kepada empat dimensi iaitu pemprosesan (active/reflective), persepsi (sensing/intuitive), input (visual/verbal) dan pemahaman (sequential/global). Kajian ini juga mengunakan kaedah gabungan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Pada peringkat pertama pelajar dikehendaki menjawab soal selidik kajian dan diikuti dengan protokol temubual. Pemilihan sampel seramai 16 orang pelajar untuk ditemubual merujuk kepada pencapaian akademik tertinggi dan skor markah tertinggi dari pengukuran soal selidik mengikut setiap dimensi gaya pembelajaran. Index Learning Style (ILS) digunakan sebagai instrumen kajian ini. ILS mengandungi 44 item dibina oleh Felder dan Solomon (1996) untuk mengukur amalan gaya pembelajaran pelajar. Hasil kajian menunjukkan tahap amalan gaya pembelajaran bukan faktor utama penentu kepada pencapaian akademik pelajar. Sebaliknya kebolehan pelajar menggunakan kekuatan dan memperbaiki kelemahan setiap dimensi gaya pembelajaran adalah penentu kepada pencapaian akademik pelajar. Kajian turut menunjukkan bahawa pelajar-pelajar lebih cenderung mengamalkan gaya pembelajaran seimbang bagi setiap dimensi kecuali dimensi input iaitu lebih kepada gaya pembelajaran visual berbanding verbal. Kesimpulan kajian menunjukkan pelajar boleh memilih dan mengamalkan apa sahaja tahap gaya pembelajaran bagi setiap dimensi kerana setiap sub-skala dimensi mempunyai kekuatan yang tersendiri yang membolehkan pelajar memperolehi pencapaian akademik yang cemerlang. Namun begitu, pelajar perlu sedar kelemahannya dan berusaha mengatasinya. Kemampuan pelajar mengadaptasikan diri dengan amalan tahap seimbang gaya pembelajaran bagi setiap sub-skala dimensi akan memudahkan pelajar menyesuaikan diri dengan sebarang pendekatan pengajaran pensyarah

Development of K-Workers Employability Skills Measurements Indicators in Agricultural Sector in Malaysia

 Issue of skilled and knowledge worker is an issue that frequently discussed among agricultural training institutions and employers in the sector. It is viewed seriously by Malaysian government through Agrofood Policy 2011-2015 by emphasizing agricultural workers that are highly skilled and knowledgeable to assist Malaysia achieves high-income developed nation status. However, what are the characteristics of those high skilled and knowledge workers? This question is the base of this research. By using qualitative approach, modified Delphi technique / method is chosen as the research framework. Eleven experts from various stakeholders such as agriculture lecturer, leaders of agricultural training institutions, agricultural instructor and agricultural industry employer in Malaysia. Finding reveals ten characteristics of k-workers that are needed to enable them to have high employability skill in order to satisfy / fulfil national requirement of skilled workforce. This finding can be used as a measurement basis for employability skill level of labour market in agricultural sector in Malaysia

Clothing fashion design competency instrument: an application of rasch measurement model

Clothing Fashion Design Competency (CFaDC) instrument has been developed to measure the knowledge of instructors in order to become an educator who can implement effective teaching processes, as well as master various competencies to deliver the teachings according to the academic standards. This study aims to determine item/respondent reliability index, item/respondent separation index, item polarity, item difficulty level and respondents’ ability, as well as unidimensionality. A total of 330 instructors in the field of fashion and clothing have answered the CFaDC instrument. The instrument consists of 5 constructs, namely design knowledge, clothing construction, clothing selection, clothing care and textiles. The validation of the instrument applied psychometric characteristics of assessment procedures using Rasch measurement model. The findings showed that the item reliability index was high and acceptable. Meanwhile, respondents’ ability level could be divided into two levels in this study. Moreover, it was found that there was no second dimension in measuring the constructs in CFaDC instrument. The results revealed that out of 85 items, 54 items were retained, whereas 31 items were detected as misfits and should be dropped so that this instrument is fair and reliable to all respondents. The results of this study will be pointing towards the stability of standard of competencies for Clothing Fashion (CFaD) program in order for the program to always be updated and in tandem with the needs of today’s clothing and apparel industry